#DOES HE EVEN LIFT DOES HE

[lunar-system]

Izzy Hands: The Moon.

Re-imagined from the traditional Ride-Waite-Smith tarot, this version of the Moon shows Izzy taking the shape of a lone Lover, longing for what he cannot reach.

Longer exploration of the card's symbolism under the cut.

Symbolism of the card

I initially meant this card to be specifically Izzy's, but he is once again unseparable from Ed. Though the moon itself is depicted as Ed, it is through Izzy that I interpret the journey of the card. Feel free to invent your own interpretation as well!

In the original version of the Moon we see a dog, a wolf, and a crayfish. Izzy takes the place of the wolf, marking him as wild and untameable. He is accompanied by a dog, symbolizing his loyalty. The crayfish has retreated, and we can see a monster lurking in the depths of the water, reminding us of the beasts that lie within.

Rachel Pollack (2011) writes: "The Moon signifies the dangerous time between the end of one world structure and the beginning of another. On the emotional level it can indicate the strange state when something powerful has ended and you find yourself thrown back on your instincts."

In the card Izzy already has his wooden leg. He his stepping into his role as the Unicorn, marking a shift in his loyalty and his place in the world. His reign as Blackbeard's first mate is ending, and a whole new world order is being imagined.

Ed is also seen in a new light. With his short beard, he is at the end of his captaincy, possibly even at the end of his piracy. He as the Moon is illuminated by the light of the Sun, personified by Stede in another card, The Sun.

Izzy bears witness to their combined light, unreachable to him on the ground. He teeters at the edge of the water illuminated by that very light, and is faced with a choice. Will he turn, follow the path and try to reach the unreachable? Or will he explore the unknown waters in front of him?

In tarot, water symbolizes emotions, intuition and subconscious. Pollack writes: "Here in the unknown territory our animal selves take over. We cannot suppress the wild emotions but only travel through them." The message of the Moon beckons Izzy to step into the water and face his emotions.

However, there are also dangers in the murky waters of the subconscious. Pollack continues: "The Moon card calls forth powerful dreams, visions, and the power of the feminine." In tarot water is a feminine element. Izzy, a beacon of masculinity, has in the past confused the feminine with the monstrous. He is now dared to invite the feminine within him to the surface. His posture already mirrors that of the feminine lover from the Lovers-card. It also calls back to the Fool, to someone at the beginning of their self-discovery.

Tl;dr: Izzy, the Fool and the Lover, is on a journey from one world to another. Will he follow the path and try to reach the unreachable, or will he find the courage to plunge into unknown waters?

A comparison between the original Rider-Waite-Smith card from 1909 and the re-imagined version

Izzy's pose mirrors the feminine Lover

Sources

Image source: Pamela Colman Smith, 1909, republished as Tarot of A. E. Waite, 2016, AGM-Urania, Germany

Text source: Rachel Pollack, A Journey of 78 Steps, 2011, as cited in the booklet for instruction and guidance of Tarot of A. E. Waite, 2016, AGM-Urania, Germany

#there is even more symbolism in the lighthouses that are topped with the domes from the Tower but it's so much already #it's about the journey between life and death #ofmd #our flag means death #izzy hands #edizzy #steddyhands #blackhands #i'm tagging this as ships cause i ship them all and i made this with shipperly intentions #even if it's not like explicitly shipping content #ed teach #edward teach #blackbeard #gosh i went to some deep waters with this myself #i mean there is so much to interpret here #is izzy shooting for the moon with ed? has he lifted ed high on the pedestal himself? #what does it mean that the water is lit by moonlight? #to me this is the point in fics where izzy does not yet know how he would fit in the steddyhands triangle and doesn't see it possible #and maybe it won't be unless he accepts some things and allows himself to feel #but it can also be read that he needs to let ed go #in either case water is discovery and acceptance #i am planning to make ed the star and stede the sun as well! #my fanart

[sysig]

Some highlights from a tense but still very Winterkov-y scene (Patreon)

#Doodles #Adventure Time #Fionna and Cake #Simon Petrikov #Winter King #Winterkov #The first five are all in sequence and then from there it's a bit sporadic #I dunno if this is one I'm gonna finish by they did both turn out very cute so I wanted to show some of them off lol #It's mostly a headcanon comic about how they differ in attractions (basically how much influence the Crown has on Winter) #I initially compared Winter to a slightly more chill Bill Cipher - a non-human entity inhabiting a human body #Probably tempered by how much Simon is still left over - not a lot but even a little does make a difference! #In that there's a lot of things the Crown might get out of a human body while still experiencing an entirely alien interpretation of stimuli #It's all just a lot of character analysis headcanon stuff lol - the Winterkov is still the main focus! Here anyway lol #I am very endeared at the idea posited by some fanfic writers that inviting Simon to the lab was just a pretense lol #He /did/ have to get out of his clothes before getting into new ones lol #They really do both have such lovely designs ah <3 They're fun to draw! #This was a lot of settling into them - I love the little floof-lifts that Winter has from Simon #His hair is long but it's still not completely able to weigh itself down from his voluminous bob! Very cute #The nose ears and shape of Winter's glasses really set him apart but their similarities are so fun #And while it's not featured here Simon's shy little smiles vs. Winter's big and loud expressions! Their contrasting features are so neat! #Very enjoyable character design

[skitskatdacat63]

2023 Qatar Grand Prix - Qualifying - Fernando Alonso

#i joked earlier about him being a gunslinger #BUT CMON THIS REALLY IS THE WALK OF A LONE RANGER #but then when he does the little bunny nose thing at the end HEHEHEHE #p4!!!! im pretty happy honestly!!!!! #aston really is the track limits merchant(i.e. post austria) but also this rsce bcs he literally went p6->p4 #he didnt even have to lift a finger 🤭🤭 #he was really good in q1!!! as i said im happy but like OLD MAN SHOULDVE CONTINUED #are we....so back...? no no no i shant i shant #fernando alonso #f1 #formula 1 #2023 qatar gp #we do a little bit of f1

[introspectivememories]

NICO: WE SHARED THE LIFT THIS MORNING! I WAS GOING TO THE POOL TRAMPOLINE WITH MY TWO DAUGHTERS AND HE WAS GOING TO THE RACETRACK. PINKHAM: VERY DIFFERENT LIVES YOU'RE CURRENTLY LEADING.

#that line from nico is like /the/ modern brocedes thesis to me #like this is their happy ending!!! it is not the one they dreamed of all those years ago in greece but is a happy ending. #it's not multiple shared championships or racing against each other for years or anything their 13 year-old-selves would've dreamed up but #it is them achieving their dreams. lewis has 7 wdcs and is aiming for an 8th. nico has a loving wife and 2 daughters he'd die for. they are #both doing the things they love. would it have been nice if those dreams included each other? yeah. would it have been nice that when ppl #mention their names it would be to talk about what great friends they are instead of how they tore each other apart? absolutely! but they #were doomed from the start. so maybe it doesn't matter that they didn't get their traditional 'happy ending'. at least they had a happy #start and a semi-happy middle. at least they have the lift to see each other. at least nico's daughters get to keep lewis in their lives in #a way nico will never get to again. they will never share a bowl of frosties again but at least their roots are so thoroughly tangled #together that they can never look back without haunting each other. at least they still have that. #anyway for all the non-americans who reblog or like this. the poem is 'the road not taken' by robert frost. very famous in america #every middle/high schooler has to analyze/read this poem at some point. i don't know how popular he is outside of america so i thought id #leave a note ig. #anyway. i am going crazy and i need to lie down. that 2nd line was sooo hard to find a photo for. wth does 'hence' even mean??? #brocedes edit #brocedes #f1 web weaving #f1 #nico rosberg #lewis hamilton #f1 edit #nr6 #lh44 #web weaving

[theswedishpajas]

Lil doodles from last night

#my art stuff #doodles #sketches #astarion #bat #batstarion #I feel the need to specify this is spawn Astarion with mods cus Ascended Astarion makes me sad but I still want my sweet to get to fly #and also be fluffy and even easier to carry around in my huge arms #we taught him some sorta wild shape spell or something - don’t ask about it #tav #tiefling tav #durge #tiefling durge #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #TINY BAT DOES BIG STRONG FLAP #He was upset his leader+multiclass rogue boyfriend gets to do all the fun sneaking #so he wanted to help - despite usually enyojing not having to do any work #but it felt unfair that he only gets to shoot from a distance #or do extremely heavy lifting on the damage department with none of the fun of it #so he gets to help with a surprise attack (and then immediately retreat into my arms during and post battle #cus his lil armsies hurt like HELL after flying my goliath of a body for any amount of time #He was prolly close to dropping me but I have every bit of trust in him to carry through his word! 😤 #gods - I wanna spoil him to the ends of faerûn and back #I love him so much. #kisses #both just as a tag for the post and also cus that’s the main thing I’ll be providing him with

[crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington]

this is the entirety of the wintersberg community when someone brings up the times karl has harmed ethan in canon

(its me, im the wintersberg community)

#ethan winters #karl heisenberg #wintersberg #OK BUT… #acknowleging it is even funnier #because if i were ethan every time karl wpuld get into a argument id lift my shirt #what were u saying? #huh? huh? #i cant hear u over the PERMENANT SCAR U GAVE ME #thats what i thought #now go do the dishes #i love them #im sorry #im gonna make that a comic #karl is a little messed up and i like it #this blonde guy is soooo cute im going to put him in my werewolf pit :3 #hes so deranged #idk if theres fanfics like this out there but there should be one where ethan scolds him like a bad dog for all the things he does #he needs to apologize #(saying this even though i dont read fanfic)

[theladyyavilee]

do you ever think about how buck was able to pull and lift eddie to safety, while eddie wasn’t able to either pull or lift buck? like I know the physics were different and eddie would be able to pull and lift buck under the same circumstances that buck did it, it was just impossible to lift him up onto the ladder in contrast to doing the standing lift buck did to get him into the firetruck but still WHAT A FUCKED UP PARALLEL to incorporate both pulling and lifting again *screams into hands* (also to have both of those instances in the shooting be the only times eddie is making noises of pain, which while horrifying to hear were also indicators that eddie is still very much alive to feel it, while buck was just quiet and dead, but that’s another kind of fucked up)

#9-1-1 #buddie #nobody does parallels like 911 #yes I am still stuck on the lightning strike #and the visuals and the parallels #and eddie's desperation as he tried to pull buck up #he must have known from years and years of experience (and an innocent but intimate familiarity with buck's body) that he wouldn't #be able to pull him up like that #and yet #our base instinct is still to pull our loved ones in close because proximity does help with protecting someone #offers your own body as a last resort to shield them so OF COURSE it's instinct to pull buck close #but eddie can't #he can't even do that when buck did it for him #(also eddie screaming in pain when buck pulled him and lifted him is one of the reasons why I have trouble believing that eddie doesn't #remember it because I would imagine that that pain cut through the hazziness and confusion and burned the impressions into his memory right #next to buck's blood spattered face but aslkdfjasjkl obvs there's no proof for that) #either way I am convinced eddie knows that buck pulled him to safety and he couldn't #anyways #hello yes #I am having a parallel breakdown on this fine sunday morning

[p0pp3t]

i think that caelum should have little fairy wings

#can d(a)emons even fly????? idk but caelum does now #the wings flutter when he’s extra happy and it lifts him off the ground a little bit it’s adorable #redacted audio #redacted asmr #redacted caelum

[thetimelordbatgirl]

Zeb Wells I'm in your walls because what the actual fuck is this shit???

Because it definitely isn't something Spiderman whose gone out of his way to visit fans dying of cancer or other medical conditions or tried to save a homeless girl who was a fan of him only to be too late, would say.

#zeb wells #spiderman #the amazing spiderman #like not only is this an insult to the kid who collects spiderman #but its also one to an issue where spiderman is with another kid with lekumia #as hes playing spiderman with the kid as it was the kids wish #but when playtime is over and the hospital and parents say its time to go to bed #the kid refuses and spiderman learns its because the kid is afraid he wont wake up #causing spiderman to ask if the kid has a coat and we see why as he takes the kid for a swing across the city #giving the kid more time of being like spiderman #then there's the time he visited a wounded kid in hospital who is also a spidey fan and looked up to spiderman #and said kid figures out his identity and the two talk before sadly the kid has a caradiac rest and peter goes to his funeral #where his parents ask peter to give the kids home-made comics to spiderman and peter promises #let alone the comic leah where he finds a homeless girl also a fan dying and does try to save her via getting her to the hospital #but its sadly too late as the doctors cant do anything #meaning all spiderman can do is lift his mask a little and give her a forehead kiss #and wish her sweet dreams as we see her in dreams with all the heroes she admires #like long tags here but thats how much this 'joke' angers me #let alone even if you removed all of peters history WHY THE HELL IS THIS A 'JOKE' SOMEONE LET PASS- #no character should be doing that wtf

[hotwaterandmilk]

Chapter 142 of Paripi Koumei is finally free to read and OMFG...

KONGMING WITH THE KIDS IS THE MOST HILARIOUSLY ADORABLE CONTENT IMAGINABLE.

LOOK AT THIS SHIT.

RIDICULOUS.

ADORABLE.

And don't worry, he can make those costumes happen for the kids! HE HAS CONTACTS. LOOK. 😂

I really needed this today. 😭

#paripi koumei #ya boy kongming #ya boy kongming! #paripi koumei spoilers #ya boy kongming spoilers #ya boy kongming! spoilers #ramblings #absolutely lost it at that last panel #like of course that's how he's making it happen #this series really does lift my mood #even when i'm stressed at work #like i am right now

[that-foul-legacy-lover]

Foul legacy meeting reader that also has an abyssal(or adepti/something similar) form and gaining a new friend. What do you mean they can spar on full powers and dont worry about accidently killing them? What do you mean they can spend hours purring to each other? They can even turn into human too and be with them even when human Childe in control? What a nice dream.

ohhh my gosh, just imagine when you and Foul Legacy meet for the first time

there's no fighting, no bloodshed, not even growling- just two curious Abyss monsters observing each other from afar. cautiously you approach one another, tilting your heads and letting out quiet little trills, until you fully chirp to Foul Legacy, who chitters back!! you both simultaneously realize that the other is not a threat and start excitedly trilling to each other, conversing in a language no one else can understand. Foul Legacy is enamored with you, comparing hand sizes and admiring the Abyssal magic that seems to hang around your being <33

once you become friends, you and Foul Legacy both spar regularly!! it's a good way to get energy out and satisfy his love of battle, plus you're quite skilled at it, so the fight is evenly matched!! Foul Legacy's always very tired afterwards though, so afterwards he sleepily pulls you towards him and curls around you in a big, fluffy pile, purring tiredly and bumping his forehead against yours- sometimes he's so exhausted that he'll transform back into human Childe, and wake up being gently hugged by your Abyssal form, cradling him like he's someone precious, and Childe suddenly never wants to leave the warm, safe embrace of your arms

#genshin impact #childe #tartaglia #foul legacy #foul legacy childe #genshin tartagalia #genshin childe #genshin tartaglia #chit chat #anon #OR OR. if he goes looking for you when not in Foul Legacy form and you recognize him #even if he doesn't look like he usually does #or if you get injured trying to protect his human self #sobs and begs for you not to die before anger overtakes him and Foul Legacy enacts revenge #then lifts you close and whimpers and cries #oohhh yesssssss #short scenario #other's stuff

[glittter-skeleton]

DGHDA Doodles!!!

A Todd face study I did to relax that made me realize that Elijah Woods acting is good and everything but he really is just pinching his eyebrows for 2 seasons

The thing that inspired the karaoke post

My personal headcannon that Dirk still sleeps military style until it makes being spooned impossible so they work on it

Two very different ways of being bridal carried

Post-purple people eater shenanigans and subsequent talk exhaustion

And just a v cute Dirk

#my bridal carry opinions are Very strong #Todd Hates being lifted in any way #even with how it makes his feel just how capable Dirk is #the only acceptable occasion is if he’s unconscious #and because of that he’s not really inclined to pick Dirk up #but then at some point he does is in Determined Protection mode and Dirk is #smitten #after that it’s exuses and considemces until it becomes a thing #dghda #also I’m back with the art wooo #brotzly #dirk gentlys holistic detective agency #Dirk gently #todd brotzman #amanda brotzman #dghda fanart #dghda headcannon

[softshuji]

eldest daughter syndrome really do be kicking my ass tbh

#i just find it like so unfair yknow #im the only one who works in myhouse and full time #but i come home and the house isnt clean and i tidy up and sort everything out and tidy the kitchen anf living room after dinner and put #my sister to bed and yk if there was no one else to do these things id understand but #i have 5 brothers all of whom are adults and they dont lift a finger #its not as if any of them work bec they dont and neither does my dad #and im so so so exhausted yk? bec not everything is my job or responsibility #and i keep blaming other things for me getting sick but yknow what maybe i just dont rest enough #and the other day i was upset bec i'd had a tough day at work and i felt unwell and i cleaned up everything after dinner and my brother #said i didnt have a right to be upset bec i “chose” this. like as if i chose to work full time nd do all the chores for a family of 9 #and it just really upsets me bec no one sees an issue with it and im so mad at my mom at rhe same time #constant therapy sessions w her bec shes mad at my dad and wants someone to vent at and then he does the same abt her and my brothers #and im so tired yknow just sososos tired bec she'll complain abt how they dont do anything but then she wont ensure they do either #its just empty complaints whereas she thrust responsibility on me when i was 9 and yet my brothers are 18+ - all but one that is and they #cant even do their own laundry bec she just..... did everything for them all the time but now is mad that they cant do anything. #like yes i know my dad is a failure of a husband and a father i expected that i'll never be a good enough daughter for him and that the onl #thing he has to say about me is that im bringing shame on our family despite everything ive done but come on #im just tired and upset #its hard not to see yourself as a robot or machine when theres little room to be anything else. #and even on a day like today when i dont feel well it never stops and i just keep doing #im sad i want a hug from my gangster bf #oh god i am sorry pls do not perceive me for this #and yk what #thats why i cant stand when people are nice to me bec all i can think of is #i havent done anything to deserve this? i should have to give something in return #or if not #theres something this person must want because why else would they be nice to me when i havent done anything for them #i cannot fathom the concept that someone just wants me because its me #its literally just not possible why would anyone fo that for me

[lillazyboithings]

This genuinely happened to me earlier while I was sitting on a window sill in my school building (me and my close friend)

(I do not expect many people to see this lmfao but I just need to post this somewhere)

Context about the drawing below:

(tophat guy: complicated to explain my dynamic but all I'll say is that it's a close friendship with unintentional-intentional romantic undertones??? Idfk IT'S COMPLICATED, I'm just gonna label him as "close friend")

I decided to sit on the open window and wait for my close friend "Pineapple" to come back from somewhere

When he came back I stared dead into his eyes and smiled because usually I would "fuck around and find out" so sitting on an open window on the 2nd floor is definitely dangerous (dw I was facing the classroom interior, not the outside)

He straight up went to me, scooped me up, and bridal carried me off the window with ease, take note that he's lanky and is the same weight as me despite having a 7 inch height difference between us, yet somehow he carried me with so much ease

Usually he would tell me to get down from the window a few times before I comply but bro literally went "nuh uh" and did it himself, wtf?!??!? (I am a flustered mess and it literally happened 6 hours ago, I am definitely normal)

#GOODNESS GRACIOUS WHY DOES THIS DORK KNOW HOW TO MAKE ME SO FLUSTERED AND SHOCKED #noodles random oodles #i am definitely normal #yes definitely i am very very fucking normal #GRAHHHHHHHHH #this moment rotates in my brain forever like the other special core memories i have of our friendship #me literally holding onto him for dear life even after he already put me down #it would've been romantic if it werent for the fact that i am afraid of people lifting me off the fucking ground #(still romantic for me though bc i felt lik a princess)

[dimpledpran]

Who said 10 Years Ticket is not a comedy? Nothing says peak comedy like catching the girl who you treat as your punching bag when she falls in the bus, staring into her eyes in slow motion, only to drop her down to the floor a second later and then picking her right back up..

10 Years Ticket (2022) directed by Fon Kanittha Kwunyoo    

#i had to pause it and laugh it out when he just dropped her. Even now I can't stop laughing looking at that gif #in his defence he does lift her up after that. By why drop her in the first place my dear Phukao?? #ohm pawat #tu tontawan #10 years ticket #10yt #10ytedit #vishingwell #userkareena #lextag #userrenee #userpranrakul #user111 #uservid #userjjessi #ninisdarlings #mine #my gifs #mine:10yt #10yt.gifs

[fg083nrt]

Are all the akatsuki members underweight? I remember reading that Hidan weighed around 57kg at 177cm and that Kakuzu weighed less than 65kg at 185 cm which is wild

Tbh I can’t tell if it’s because it’s a manga and Kishimoto just made everyone weigh less than what is realistic or if it’s because Kakuzu is mainly made up of threads so he doesn’t weigh that much

When thinking about these things, you need to take into account:

1. Averages for the country of origin.

Different regions have different distributions for traits like this. Averages vary based on what they are in comparison to. An average in one place will be seen as "abnormal" in a different place. So like, people from Nothern China tend to be, on average, taller than people in Southern China, so on and so forth.

2. Time period.

Naruto takes place in a psudo-feudal type Japan setting. The distribution for weight and height used to be different if you take the era into account. (If you are a keener, you can do a nutritional thought exercise based on what people commonly ate in feudal Japan, but I'm not good at it, and my weightlifting friends who know nutrition have weird regiments.)

3. Target audience for the story

This is the main explanation, but when you are creating a story with an audience of teenagers in mind, you need to take into account how they perceive the world. It doesn't have to be ultra-realistic. It can just exist to be related to by a teenager. It's part of the reason protags and all the characters are so young. On average, people tend to enjoy things where they can establish a quick connection to the character. To them, smaller numbers make more sense and are easier to comprehend.

Think of when you were 13 watching Naruto and thought 35-year-old Sasori was an old, ancient man. To how now, you look at the ages and height/weight ratios like, "This makes no sense/is concerning."

#shonen in general as an adult dont take anything at face value sometimes you are just not target demographic for certain things and that's #ok #BUT PERSONALLYYYY i think kakuzu is a bit more lean while hidan has more bulk #hidan is shown to be bad at cardio but his scythe moves take a lot of upper core strength like my guy lifts #kakuzus stats are generally very average hes neither the best nor the worst at anything in the Akatsuki so #i think he just does standard balanced exercise routine #as for threads it like depends on how much you are into body horror LOL #i like the idea that the threads are just his bloodvessels #but you can go the route that he essentially doesn't even have organs #up to you! #brainworms #also valley of lies brainworms are coming but i need to finish chapter 3 of my fic first teehee